Molding



July 25, 1933. E. LEWIS 1,919,300

MOLDING Filed Aug. 25, 1951 INVENTOR f kwb ATTORN EY -Patente(l July'25, 1933 7 UNITED STAT S EDWIN LEWIS,

"FATE TELEGRAPH COMPANY, A conronA'rIoN or NnwYoRK y MOLDING Thisinvention relates to improvements. in molding. terminating means, andmore particularly for moldings'adapted for use in" conorthe like. a

. 'One of the objects of'the invention islto provide amoldingterminating means which nection with enclosures such as rooms, booths'will present anornamental and neatappear- I nects the surfaces 13. Anopening is proance;

molding strips at acommo'n junction point.

A..furthe'1' "object consists in providing a molding terminal blockwithattaching means so arranged as to be hidden when the molding is inmounted position.

-These and further ob 'ects will be apparent from the followingdescription when con-' sidered in connection with the accompanying.

drawing in which one embodimentof the invention is lllustrated.

- In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a boothshowing the improved molding terminal block applied to a corner thereof;Fig. 2 is an edge view as seen Referring to the drawing, a booth 5 isvshownas an'example of an enclosure to which the improved'molding may beapplied. A broken away corner portion of the booth is illustrated ascomprising a ceiling .6 and side walls 7 and 8. Theceiling and sidewalls may be provided with steel or othermetal linings 9 which abut eachother. A plurality of strips of molding areapplied to the adjacent edgesof these linings and also to the corners formed by the abutting walls ofthe ceiling 6 and side walls 7 and 8. The strips of molding 10 have asubstantiallyfiat surface at their central portions and corrugated edges11, the ends of which extend rear- 'wardly and at angle to the flatsurfaces.

Another object consists inprovidin g'terminail-blocks for receiving andconcealingtheends of a pluralityof differently extend ng.

r Clips of somewhat resilient material are provided foruse inconnectionwith each stripof molding 10whereby it maybe attached to awall. The clips'have corrugated edges which register with like edges ofth molding aswill presently appear. j Flat longitudinal surfacesl3extend from the corrugations 12 and an angular portion 14interconvided through the angular portion 14 for th; reception of ascrew 15 by which the clip and its attached molding is secured inmounted position to a wall. The clip is'first attached; tothe wall bymeans 'of thescrew and the corrugated edges of the molding are the.-snapped over the corrugated edges of the clip,

- thus securely connecting these elements together. It is to be notedthat when these elements, arethus secured, the clip and its attachingscrew will lie behind the molding and ac' cordingly will be hiddenthereby.

The molding strips as shown in Fig. 1 extend in horizontal and verticaldirections and meet at a common junction point. Aterminating block isprovided atthis pointand is shown as having a substantially triangularface 16 which is suitably paneled. When the block is in position, asmore clearly indicated in Fig. 2, its face lG'will be somewhat inclinedin accordance with the angular position of the strips of molding, whoseends terminate at said block. A pair of angular slots 17 are cut in therear of each edge of. the triangular face 16. The ends of the corrugatededges of thevarious strips of molding -regist'er in these slots and passbehindjthe face 16 so as to be hidden thereby. A shoulder 18 ispositioned between the uppermost slots to provide a stop at this pointfor the 3 opposing ends of thehorizontalstrip of mold ng. A plug 19,having an aperture extend 7 mg in a vertical direction therethrough, is"

formed at the rear of the face 16 and a space v 20 lies between thesemembers. The lower end of the plug forms a shoulder l agains:

which the lower portions of the endsofthe I horizontal moldings abut.The bottom '22 of the plug forms a stop for the end of the T- Om or.:snooxLvitnnw Yonmhssreuon TO AMERICAN rEtEr oNnhNn a g ture in the plugand is adapted to enter the ceiling 6 and serves to fasten theterminating plug thereto. The terminating block when in mounted positionholds the ends of the strips of molding against the wall and concealsthem from View and also conceals the the terminating block is inriiXedposition on one of said Walls. v

2. An arrangement for covering corners formed by abutting walls,including a plurality of strips of corrugated molding extending inhorizontal and in vertical directions and meeting at a common junctionpoint of said walls, and a terminating block of triangularformationregistering with the ends of,

the strips of molding at. their junction point and being so fashionedthat its under side said walls.

will register with the corrugations'of said strips of molding.

3. An arrangement for covering corners formed by abutting walls,including a plurality of strips of molding meeting at a com- \n onjunction point of said Walls, a terminating block of triangularformation registering with the ends of the strips of molding at theirjunction point, said terminating block being so fashioned as toconcealtheregistering ends of the strips of molding when the block is infixed position on one of said walls, and means for securing saidterminating block to one of 4:. An arrangement for covering cornersformed by abutting Walls, including a plurality of strips of corrugatedmolding extending in horizontal and in verticaldi'rections and meetingat a common junction point of said walls, a terminating block oftriangular formation registering with the endsv of the strips of moldingat their junction point and beingso fashioned that its under side willregister with the corrugations of said strips of molding, means forsecuring said terminating block to one of'said walls, said securingmeans being so related to the back of theterminating block as to behidden when p the terminating block is in fixed position on one of saidwalls, I

ED IN LEWIS.

